Mastodon Has Already Won

Re:Mastodon Has Already Won by shanebellone on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @12:45PM (#35716564)

I think Musk is a dumb man-child. Mastodon sucks too though.

We should let social die. Our aggregate attention is too valuable to waste on such trivial things.

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Re:Mastodon Has Already Won by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @12:49PM (#35716632)

> We should let social die.

You know HN is a social site, right?

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Re:Mastodon Has Already Won by shanebellone on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @12:55PM (#35716731)

"You know HN is a social site, right?"

You know we're talking about social networks, right?

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Re:Mastodon Has Already Won by alpaca128 on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @01:15PM (#35717040)

How do you define social networks, then? This site here has user accounts, posts/comments, upvotes, and a profile description feature. It's 100% a communication platform/network. What's missing in your eyes?

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Re:Mastodon Has Already Won by shanebellone on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @02:16PM (#35717878)

"What's missing in your eyes?"

The network component.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network

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Re:Mastodon Has Already Won by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @01:08PM (#35716937)

Sure, but like... if you want people to not use social networks, why are you here? Why are you posting here?

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Re:Mastodon Has Already Won by cornhole34 on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @02:14PM (#35717860)

hackernews is more of a news feed with a comment section than a social network

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Re:Mastodon Has Already Won by shanebellone on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @02:31PM (#35718065)

"hackernews is more of a news feed with a comment section than a social network"

The "more of... than" makes this sound less absolute.

HN is not a social network. It is a public forum used to aggregate news and foster conversation.

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